Specialties
Acute care and monitoring solutions
Empowering patient safety.
Anytime, anywhere.
Patient safety and care, no matter where
Patient safety is always your top priority — and ours. Our industry-leading acute care and monitoring technologies make it possible for clinicians to predict, respond to, and prevent potential adverse events — to help keep your patients safe wherever you are.1–5
We empower healthcare professionals with world-class technology to personalize patient care, anytime, anywhere.
World-class technology transforming patient care
Our acute care and monitoring solutions address unmet clinical needs, reduces the cost of care,6–9 and streamline workflows,10–12 all while keeping the patient at the center of everything we do. Backed by years of exceptional clinical performance and more than 4,50013 clinical references, our technologies are trusted worldwide.
Featured products
Nellcor™ OxySoft™ neonatal-adult SpO2 sensor
Our Nellcor™ OxySoft™ SpO2 sensor is the first pulse oximetry sensor to use a silicone adhesive to protect fragile skin and improve repositionability. It is engineered with brighter LEDs on a flexible circuit — all to help you stay connected to your patients and their data.
HealthCast™ intelligent patient monitoring
HealthCast™ intelligent patient monitoring is an integrated portfolio of solutions to streamline patient monitoring and management from hospital to home.
BIS™ Advance monitor
The BIS™ Advance monitor empowers anesthesia providers by reflecting the anesthetic effect on a patient’s brain.
Education that empowers patient care
Continuous learning is the key to unlocking the full potential of healthcare professionals. That’s why we offer complimentary education and training to equip your team with what they need to achieve the best possible patient outcomes.
MedEd Bytes
Tune in to this bite-sized video learning series that provides quick, digestible learnings to solidify clinician understanding of patient therapies.
MedEd learning experience podcasts
Get closer to the patient experience and the impact of our technologies in practice in this weekly series featuring interview-style discussions with clinical experts.
Investing for the future
Helping solve your biggest healthcare challenges so you can focus on patient care means we continually push the boundaries of what’s possible to redefine healthcare delivery.
Health equity
We strive to ensure equitable care by reducing disparities in outcomes14 and expanding access to care for all patients.
Sustainability
We prioritize product quality, safety, and reliability, and seek opportunities to reduce product environmental footprint.15
Connectivity
We design capital-lite technologies to connect stranded devices and integrate with your EMR, optimizing the value of your existing equipment.16
Data intelligence
Our solutions will provide real-time data to improve workflow efficiency and patient outcomes.17,18
Partners in patient safety
Our partnerships with societies and nonprofits help advance patient safety. Together with some of the most respected names in the healthcare field, we are committed to driving meaningful impact by providing access to groundbreaking technology, advanced education, and support in the form of grants.
Our partners include:
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
American Organization for Nursing Leadership
American Association for Respiratory Care
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
DAISY Foundation
Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine
Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing
American Association for Respiratory Care
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Acute Care and Monitoring products should not be used as the sole basis for diagnosis or therapy and are intended only as an adjunct in patient assessment.
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